The origin of species
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On the origin of species or, more completely, on the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life was published on 24 november , is a work of scientific literature by charles darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biologythe book presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution published in the world classics series, third impression, by grant richards, januarylight tanning but no foxing and contents very clean with tight bindingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebrown cloth boards with decorative motif and titles on spineoxfam shop darlington hardbackbumping on spine ends darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection
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Finally appearing in , the origin of species was aimed at the general public rather than scientiststhe origin of species - by charles darwin sixth edition!! - this was the first edition in which he used the word evolution - this was the last edition published during darwin's lifetime this edition has been climbing in value year after year already a scientific star upon his return to england, charles darwin published an exciting travel memoir and important works on geology and fossils, while continuing to develop his ideas on evolution in secretan american edition was published in and numerous foreign translations were printeddarwin expanded on his theories in later works, such as the descent of man, his first book to argue explicitly that humans were animals shaped by evolutionin total, six editions were published during darwin’s lifetime, each with important revisions, including the first use of the term “evolution” in the sixth editionit was an immediate success, with the entire first printing oversubscribed and a second edition planned immediately
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origin of species - charles darwin john murray - london - new edition with darwin portraitadditions & corrections to sixth edition
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origin of species - charles darwin john murray – london – new edition with darwin portraitadditions & corrections to sixth edition
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119 year old iconic book - origin of species - by charles darwin - published by john murray – london – new edition with darwin portraitadditions & corrections to sixth edition
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The origin of disease the war within by carolyn merchant jd (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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In botany, he specialised in the coniferae, in particular the pacific rim conifer specieshowever, in this book he stated his issue was with natural selection, not the origin of species and that he "thoroughly accepted the theory that species are not produced by independent creation, but that, under the operation of a general law, the germs of organisms produce new forms different from themselves, when particular circumstances call the law into action** this lot is part of an important collection that will be auctioned in the coming months through the catawiki collection serviceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin text;important 1 page (map xvii + xviii) looseandrew dickson murray () was a scottish lawyer, botanist, zoologist and entomologistotherwise a very good copy* important work and a classic on zoogeographysome later biographers have described murray as holding creationist viewspublisher's green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, top and tail of spine some wear, faded spot on the spine, representing a former (library?) ticket; erased stamps on first free flyleave and title pagecoloured diagram, 103 chromolithographed distribution maps (of which 10 are folded); some small illsmurray studied insects which caused crop damage, specialising in the coleopteraplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeif you also need assistance to sell your collection at auction, ask for our terms directly at this seller's account! #bookspartnership read moretinted frontispcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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This updated version also encompasses greater integration of the information on evolution and crop originsthe first edition was published in by prentice-hall, and has now been fully revised to reflect recent advancessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford this unique volume combines discussion of plant evolution with that of crop originsa description of the process of evolution in native and cultivated populations of plants is incorporated, plus a review of when and where major crops were domesticated and discussions of the subsequent development of crops over time
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All this sounds probable to describe the origin of the word ‘cricket’the game itself evolved from a variety of folk hitabouts played in villages on both sides of the channel, each with its own local idiosyncrasiesthis transformed into crickett () in a coroner’s account of teenage games in guildfordthe poet john skelton describes immigrants from flanders living in southern england playing creckettehttps://thevintagecricketconfined the early versions of cricket to the forests and downlands of south east england–in west sussex and the weald of kent
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Scattering phenomena, including the origin of radioactivity, are handled early on in the accessible context of one dimension, and at the end of the book with some rigour in three dimensionshydrogen and helium are discussed in some detail and it is shown that quantum mechanics enables us to understand the structure of the periodic table without engaging with the complexities of many-electron atomsevery opportunity is taken to illustrate the emergence of the familiar classical, dynamical world through the quantum interference of stationary statesoxfam bookshop knutsford the physics of quantum mechanics aims to give students a good understanding of how quantum mechanics describes the material worldthe connections between observables, operators and transformations are clearly explained and the standard commutation rules derived from the properties of spacetimea chapter is devoted to entanglement, quantum computation, density operators and their role in thermodynamics, and the measurement problemthe text stresses the continuity between the quantum world and the classical world, which is merely an approximation to the quantum worldname written on inside facing page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit stresses that stationary states are unphysical mathematical abstractions that enable us to solve the theory's governing equation, the time-dependent schroedinger equationit shows that the theory follows naturally from the use of probability amplitudes to derive probabilitiesthe mathematical prerequisites are no more than simple vector algebra, taylor series expansion and the use of integrating factors to solve linear first order differential equationsdirac notation is used from the outset and students are trained to move easily from one representation to another, choosing whichever representation is best suited to a particular problemrigorous algebraic methods are preferred to the solution of partial differential equations
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The letters offer a lot of insight in matters from the origin of important scientific concepts to religious and philosophical discussions, that are still relevant todayletters in eight volumesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki¶ british nature researcher charles darwin corresponded with an exceptionally large group of people all over the worldscientific historian janet browne has argued that darwin’s ability to correspond on a daily basis played a crucial role in the development of his theory and his ability to find the support of colleaguesdarwin also relied on correspondence for a lot of his scientific work and used letters to find support for his ideas among friends an colleaguesthe letters also highlight a lot of aspects about darwin and his biography: the development of is ideas, an insight in his character and health, personal opinions about controversial mattersa wrinkle at the top of the spine of volume 1his letters to harvard botanist asa gray for instance show his changing opinions regarding slavery and the american civil warplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition: minimal signs of storagespecial anniversary set in eight volumesby frederich burkhardt and the editors of the darwin correspondence projectcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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In this study, paul duff offers a different viewpoint on the origin of the book of revelation is a rhetorically sophisticated response to an internal leadership crisis within the churchesthe result is a work that substantially advances the implication of the current consensus and sheds new light on this influential yet enigmatic textthroughout the work, the apocalyse points to rome as the predominant demonic agentscholars have traditionally thought that revelation was written in order to encourage believers to stand fast in the face of the roman persecutation of the early churchmore recently, however, it has been argued that no such crisis existed at the time the book was writtenin support of this argument duff marshals evidence from the social and economic context of the time, and from literary and rhetorical analyses of the textsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear the book of revelation presents the reader with a frightening narrative world in which the people of god are tormented, threatened, and sometimes killed by various agents of satan
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She must become wonder woman! with gorgeous art, a period setting and contemporary flair, writer/artist renae de liz (the last unicorn), with help from artist ray dillon (noble causes), stunningly retells the origin of the greatest superheroine the world has ever known! collects the legend of wonder woman 1-9and in order to defeat this powerful enemy, the princess of peace must become the hero she was meant to beand lose everything in the processin order to get back home, diana and her new friends steve trevor and etta candy must head into the war zone and find the nazi agent known as the duke of deception, who wields a powerful artifact that belongs to hippolytabut the balance is upset when hippolyta is granted what no immortal may have: a child, given life from the clay of the islandbut when a man from the outside world is brought to themyscira as part of a conspiracy to overthrow its queen, diana will risk everything to save his innocent lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresoon, the amazon princess finds herself in a world she never knew existed-america, a land of untold wonders that also finds itself threatened by a great war abroadoxfam books & music perth the beginning of a legend! on the hidden island of themyscira, the amazons, led by queen hippolyta, live in a kingdom of peace, protected by the godsshe is the princess diana, who alone can sense the evil that is infesting the amazon's home
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham there was immense excitement in the scientific community and among the general public when the cobe space probe sent back data that proved not only that the big bang had happened but also that it had happened at more or less exactly the time that astronomers had calculatedwhat does it mean to say that the universe appeared out of nothing? did it need a beginning, and will it ever end? why do we think that most of the universe is invisible?the ideas that cosmologists are wrestling with are challenging and extraordinary: here they are explained with unfailing fluencybarrow describes these finds and then goes on to explain how they allow us to reach back and shed light upon events at the dawn of timesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The ideas presented here form a major addition to the widespread current interest in evolutionary theory as applied to human behaviouroxfam bookshop leeds 259ppsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese papers bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on what is arguably the central question in the study of human social evolution: how did the simple hunting and foraging bands of the upper palaeolithic evolve into the institutionally complex societies of the so-called neolithic revolution? the contributors to this volume are leading experts from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and game theory, all of whom share a common evolutionary perspective
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Based on the novel by eric nylund, the series discovers the origin of the spartan program that set master chief (voice of steve downes) and droxfam shop colne road all three episodes of the animated sci-fi xbox originals seriesthe episodes are: 'act 1', 'act 2' and 'act 3'catherine halsey (jen taylor) on their journey to halo ioresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Gently used though cleanare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicomplete with maps and a few engravingssomewhat loose in the binding, though intactthe sixth editionthis book takes second place in the formulation of the evolution theory after ‘origin of species’ by charles darwinplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storean ex-libris in the frontcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemany have the opinion that wallace picked-up the idea in indonesia and did that before darwin
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Author(s): charles darwin. condition: new.
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This is the firstcomprehensive field guide to cover the birds of this exciting region,and will enable birders to identify any species found in any of thecountries coveredbirds of western africa (helm, ) was the firstsingle-volume guide to cover all species of this region, whichcomprises all countries from senegal and southern mauritania east tochad and the central african republic and south to congooxfam bookshop glossop road cover heavily creased with slight tears and sellotape repair attempts, pages very slightly creased, good overall condition this new field guide uses all of the plates from birds of western africa, with a concise, authoritative text on facing pages, to create a conveniently-sized, lightweight field reference covering all species found in the regionthe book also has an updated colour distribution map for each species,conveniently placed on interleaved pages within the colour platessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreanumber of new images have been painted for this new field guide andseveral of the plates have been replaced
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The flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable speciesit marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the authoron the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditioninternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)
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Accessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the subject, lizards: windows to the evolution of diversity covers species evolution, diversity, ecology, and biologypublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornerspart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futureoxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selectionvitt have studied and photographed members of almost all lizard families worldwide, and they bring to the book a deep knowledge based on extensive firsthand experience with the animals in their natural habitatsthis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldwe also meet the glass lizard, able to break its tail into many highly motile pieces to distract a predator from its body; lizards that can run across water; and limbless lizards, such as snakesin part two the authors take us on a fascinating tour of the world's manifold lizard species, beginning with iguanians, an evolutionary group that includes some of the most bizarre lizards, the true chameleons of africa and madagascarinternally clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepart one explores lizard lifestyles, answering such questions as why lizards are active when they are, why they behave as they do, how they avoid predators, why they eat what they eat, and how they reproduce and socializepianka and laurie ja definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earth
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Find out about how the avengers fare in the race to defeat the alien dire wraiths, how the team rebuilds its assets with the space threat neutralised, and learn about the origin of the eternalsfirst on the list: a new place to call hq! issue 247: in this issue: the origin of the eternals! the secrets of starfox! and a search for destiny that sets the wheels in motion for a truly cosmic event! you won't want to miss "the ties that bind!" see oxfam website for delivery information read morea great addition to any collectioncaptain marvel and the wasp and must find a way of getting a runaway space ship safely into the earth's atmosphere without causing mass destructionit all happens in "bombshells!" issue 246: with the threat from outer space taken care of, earth's mightiest heroes get back to rebuilding the team's assetsoxfam shop whitchurch road a fantastic bundle of comics, all in very good condition, with only minor wear on the edges of the pages issue 245: it's an all-out battle for the avengers as they race against the clock to stop the alien dire wraiths from carrying out their mission
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Oxfam shop smithdown road ethnic/tribal mask statue (unknown origin) a must for a collector of ethnic and tribal art if anyone know the origin of this piece please let me know via oxfam see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In 'ouija: origin of evil' (), after los angeles widower alice zander (elizabeth reaser) adds a new prop to her fraudulent séance business, she inadvertently invites genuine evil into her homewhat they don't realise is that their friend has opened a portal to the spirit world and has let a demonic presence enter her home, and one by one the group are made to face their darkest fears as the powers of the board overwhelm themwhen alice and eldest daughter paulina (annalise basso) begin to experience disturbing visions themselves, they are forced to turn to a local priest for helpoxfam bookshop cheltenham double-bill of supernatural horror filmssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen youngest daughter doris (lulu wilson) attempts to talk to her father through the new ouija board, she becomes possessed by an evil spirit, causing a number of sinister events to occurin 'ouija' (), when their friend is killed in a freak accident after using a ouija board, a close-knit group decide to test out the board themselves to find out the real cause of her death
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This issue has the origin of the punisher! this comic is in very good-fine (5peter parker, the spectacular spider-man #83 - october , marvel comics - featuring the adventures of spider-man - black cat app
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Many consider the outbreak of war to only be a matter of time, however, since the human population has been vastly reduced by a devastating virus and their role as the dominant species on earth is in questionwith caesar (serkis), the hyper-intelligent ape produced by human experimentation, now the leader of a growing band of cognisant simians, a fragile truce prevails between the apes and humansoxfam shop okehampton matt reeves directs this big budget action sequel to 'rise of the planet of the apes' () starring andy serkis, gary oldman, jason clarke, kodi smit-mcphee and keri russellsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the tension ratchets up, it may only take a single spark to trigger an explosive war that will pit the humans against the apes in an all-out battle for survival
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Batman #38 2nd print dc comics origin of bruce wayne! coipel moore king
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Foxing of inside cover and page yellowing consistent with the age of the booksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop macclesfield the outline of history, by h g wells, cassell and company, london, pp including indexthe whole story of life mankind, covering periods from: the first living things, natural selection and changes of species, changes in the world's climate, reptiles, mammals, man, human language(s), history, of egypt, greece, judea, india, the roman empire, etcmany good quality black and white illustrations throughout
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Muse - origin of symmetry ()dispatched with royal mail 1st class large lettercondition is very good
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Muse - origin of symmetry ()condition is gooddispatched with royal mail 1st class large letter